2nd online quiz

Why firms do not collaborate?

• Absence of capabilities in-house

• Loss of control over the capabilities

• Learning from others

• collective efficiency

Which of the following is the reason for the collaboration between Apple and Canon?

• Controlling technology development and use

• presence of in house capabilities

• sharing the costs and risks of production

• loss of control over resources

Which of the following is not a type of collaboration?

• strategic alliance

• collective agreement

• outsourcing

• licensing

When the access to the critical capabilities is the primary concern, the collaboration is named as......

• collective research organization

• joint venture

• strategic alliance

• outsourcing

..................... involves a significant equity investment from each partner and results in establishment of a new separate entity

• collective research organization

• outsourcing

• strategic alliance

• joint venture

Which of the following is not a feature of licensing?

• access to the technology

• the partners do not need to make contractual agreement

• Licensing enables the firm’s technology to penetrate a wider range of markets than it could on its own

• It enables the licensor to retain control over how the technology is used

a person who gives another a license

• licensee

• licensor

• owner

• partner

When firms use contract manufacturing?

• to share the risks of production

• to share experiences

• to sustain collective efficiency

• to meet the scale of market demand

It is formed through government or industry association initiatives

• outsourcing

• collective research organization

• licensing

• strategic alliance

Evaluate solo internal development in terms of speed, cost, and control

• low;low;low

• low;high;low

• low;high;high

• high;low;low